The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-24

things closely the belief prevails that the Wabash sys
of the will within the sixty day.
be in the hands Of the Gould syndicate.
VIM. A. Lamb . lad twelve years of age signaled,
last week. train the Chesapeake & Ohio road
which would have into massive bowlder which
had rolled on to the track preventing what would
doubtless have been fearful disaster The president
of the road has given instructions that the lad be pre-
sented with good gold watch and chain appropriate
~ inscribed.
E. A. Holbrook general ticket and passenger agent
OF the Rock Island road has issued the following
notice: Perry Griffin. who has held the position
OF southeastern agent for this for
signed to accept a different position with another
company j: A Sheppard is appointed his sue
cessor with headquarters at Chicago
John Taylor, an English stockholder of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. charges that because he
had the presumption to differ with the president Of
that corporation upon the policy of giving only or
per cent dividends to stockholders. its earnings
Exceeded per cent. President Roberts has taken
enge upon him by stopping the issue of stock cert6
Gates that the board of directors had authorized
Two carloads of onions were recently shipre from
New York to San Francisco freight tariff of GO
cents per 100 pounds. The same cars were for
warded to Los Angeles, Cal, without breaking bulk
and the rate from San Francisco to Los Angeles
so cents per 100 pounds just tenth the distance
and the the San Francisco Chronicle calls it unjust
discrimination. That is what it would be called in
Indiana.
c. A. Luce, general agent of the Red Line, head
quarters Toledo. is in the city. His special mission
here was to confer with j. A. Closer concerning
shipments of lot of grain belonging to j. A. Closer
& Co. which IS in Toledo elevators. His first intma-
ton of the death of Mr.. Closer entering the
office Of the deceased last evening. and it some
moments before he could command himself to express
his surprise and reg.rets over his Sudden demise
The average east-bound movement out Of Danville
H.. over the Wabash last week was but ffty-six
loaded per day. This, with hundred miles
of road west of that point to feed the Wabash saying
nothing about the business of the Missouri Pacific
| which now appears to be shut off from them. This
IS one of the results Of the which Is
In dull times there is usually $50 to 800 loaded
| forwarded east from Danvlle-one of the division
| points-dailv and when business is at high tide
high 600 loaded cars per day have been sent east
| from that point.
| The Vanderbilt and the Decline arrangements are
now to trains in business-like manner. Ar
rangements have been made through which two solid
trains will be run daily between New York aud ST
Louis each way and time fast enough to catch on
| we'll with the travelling public The time table mas
not as yet been fully arranged The Wagner Palace
car Company have agreed to put of their new
sleeping and there is for once disposition
on the part of the New York Central and the Lake
Shore people to give the Decline fair show IN the
way of running their trains solid through and indie.
pendent of trains from Cincinnati or Chicago
Augustus Clements one of the oldest engineers on
the Decline system, died at Brghtwood Yesterday.
He had alocomotive this road thirty years
with the exception of three years that he was division
master mechanic on the road Gus" as he r s
familiarly known, had faults, said one of the
officers Of the road He always at his post on
time ana the officers felt that with him the foot
board a train would be ON time and without acci
dent In the days of John Brough's presidency
Mr. Clements was selected to haul special trains Sc
cautious and safe runner was he. In those days il
was much difficult to special trains, or, IN
fact passenger trains than now, there train
dispatcher holding trains by telegraph, giving clear
track to wild or special trains.
The interstatecom law, which practically goe
into effect April 6, transportation who'll,
by railroad partly by railroad and partly by water
1t will therefore affect all shipments from the Yves
to European points, and will require far posi-
BILE the publication Of rates on through shipments
such as from Chicago to Liverpool, well as from
Chicago to the seaboard cities The published rate o.
the Pennsylvania railroad for instance will inciud
the transportation the line which 1t controls
from Philadelphia-that of the American Steamship
t Company. This is phase of the nterstatecom
. bill which has been overlooked by Western railroa
men and shippers but it has important bearing Oh
the rate question, more cutting OF rates has bee
done under joint rail and water rates export rates
than on all-rail rates.